Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (3 August) launched the countdown to Christmas, adding nearly 4,000 extra flights across its European network for the Christmas holidays. Customers can enjoy even more low fare getaways during the Christmas period, with over 700,000 additional seats added for travel between 17 December and 8 January now on sale on the Ryanair.com website.

Ryanair customers can choose from over 200 destinations across Europe, while enjoying the latest “Always Getting Better” initiatives including connecting flights through Rome Fiumicino and Milan Bergamo, long haul Air Europa flights on sale on the Ryanair.com website, a new partnership with the Erasmus Student Network and an enhanced Ryanair Rooms website – with much more to come.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“The countdown to Christmas is officially underway with less than 5 months to go! Ryanair carried over 5 million customers over the last festive period and we’re ensuring even more customers will be flying home for Christmas on the lowest fares once more this year. We’ve added almost 4,000 extra flights across our entire European network for the Christmas holidays, with an additional 700,000 seats now on sale on the Ryanair.com website. Season’s greetings to all our customers.”